CA1186136A - Snap-fit button - Google Patents

Snap-fit button

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CA1186136A
CA1186136A CA000395649A CA395649A CA1186136A CA 1186136 A CA1186136 A CA 1186136A CA 000395649 A CA000395649 A CA 000395649A CA 395649 A CA395649 A CA 395649A CA 1186136 A CA1186136 A CA 1186136A
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shank
button
button according
female
axial bore
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Yoshihiro Kanzaka
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YKK Corp
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Yoshida Kogyo KK
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44BBUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B1/00Buttons
    • A44B1/18Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening
    • A44B1/28Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening with shank and counterpiece
    • A44B1/36Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening with shank and counterpiece with counterpiece in the form of cotter, split-pin, or the like
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44BBUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B1/00Buttons
    • A44B1/18Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening
    • A44B1/28Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening with shank and counterpiece
    • A44B1/34Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening with shank and counterpiece with snap-action counterpiece
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/36Button with fastener
    • Y10T24/3651Separable
    • Y10T24/3655Spring
    • Y10T24/366Resilient socket
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/42Independent, headed, aperture pass-through fastener

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  • Slide Fasteners, Snap Fasteners, And Hook Fasteners (AREA)
  • Details Of Garments (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A button assembly is disclosed for attachment on a garment fabric, which assembly comprises a female or button part having an apertured shank and a male or fastener part having a pointed shank for insertion into the aperture of the female shank. The button assembly is provided with means for expelling the air entrapped within the aperture of the female shank which would otherwise cause rupture of the button part.
The advance in the art is in that the invention provides the desired strong connection between the two elements by utiliz-ing virtually the entire volume of the axial cavity for the material of the stem. At the same time, the invention facilitates the assembling of the button by ensuring that any air that might be entrapped within the cavity is released.

Description

6~L36 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
-Field of the Invention .
This invention relates to a button assembly having a male and a female part which are adapted to be mounted with a snap fit on a fabric article.
Prior Art There are known certain button assemblies of the type xeferred to herein as disclosed for example in U. S. Patent
2,996,777 which comprise a female part having a cylindrical shank and a male or fastener part having a pointed shank for insertion through a garment fabric into the aperture in the female shank. A similar button device is disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Utility Model Publication No. 51-46501. The prior art button assemblies have a drawback in that when the male shank is pushed thYough the fabric into the female aperture, there is a tendency of air being trapped and compressed within the aperture with the results that a muscular effort is required to couple the two parts together which would often in turn cause the female button part to be ruptured.
SU~ ~ ~Y ~F ~TT~ INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a button assemblv of the above tvpe wherein the air entrapped within the aperture of the female part i.s expelled thus preventing it from causing rupture of the button part.
Another object of the present invention is to provi~e a button assembly of the tvpe referred to above which is relatively simple in structure and thus is less costly to nroduce, while being mechanically strong and resistant against deformation and yet easy to be assembled.

6~36 In gener~l terms, the present invention provides a button comprising a button part including a base and a female shank extending from said hase and having an axial bore therein, and a fastener part having a head and a male shank extending ~rom said head and adapted to fit forci~ly into said axial hore in said female shank, one of said female shank and said male shank having means for allowing air to escape from said axial bore when said male shank is forced into said axial hore.
~ he invention will be hetter understood from reading the following description of certain preferred emhodiments taken in connection with the accompanving drawings.
BRIEF DE,SC~IRTION ~F TYE DR~rqIN~,S

to make than the prior assemblies, mechanically strong against deformation and yet easy to be assembled.
The invention will be better understood from reading the following description of certain preferred embodiments taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a vertical cross~sectional view of a base plate constituting one or female part of a button assembly according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the front of the base plate shown in FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a partly broken away plan view of the rear of the base plate;
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of a fastener consti-tuting ~he other or male part of the button assembly according to the invention;

36~36 FIG. 5 is a plan view of the rear of the fastener shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of the female part engaged across a garment fabric with the male part of FIG. 4;
FIGS. 7 and 8 are side elevations of two modifications of the fastener shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing a modifi-cat.ion of the female part, and FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 inclusive are views provided to illusirate a further embodiment of the invention which has means indicating the position in which the button is mounted relative to a given fabric article.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings and FIGS. 1 and 2 in particular, there is shown a female part, commonly known as a button 10 constituting one or button part of a button assembly according to the invention, which female part 10 has a base plate 11 generally in the form of a circular disc as viewed in plan (see FIG. 2) and a female shank 12 extending integrally with and at right angles to the plane of the base plate 11.
The base plate 11 has mounted on its front surface a decorative disc 13 of any suitable pattern or design 13' to give rise to an aethetic appeal. On the opposite or rear surface of the plate 11, there are provided alternate annular ridges 14 and grooves 15 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the num~er of said ridges and grooves being dependent upon the size of the plate 11 to ensure sufficient mechanical strength against deformation or damage under the influence of external stresses. The female shank 12 has an axial bore 16 open at one end and extending at the other end into the web of the plate 11. The shape of the bore 16 is generally complementary ~ith that of a male shank later to be described. The shank 12 has at its end periphery 17 a plurality of circumferentially spaced prongs 18 which bite into a garment fabric F (FIG. 6) and anchor the female part or button 10 in place in cooperation with the male part.
Turning now to FIG. 4, there is shown a male part, commonly known as a fastener 20, sometimes called a butt constituting the other or fastener part of the assembly. The ~, fastener 2a is generally in the form of a rivet having an enlarged circular head 21 and a male shank 22 extending centrally therefrom and pointed as at 23 to enable the shank 22 to thrust though the garment fabric F. The male shank 22 is shaped generally complementarily with the contour of the axial ~ boxe 16 of the female part or button 10 so that it can be Il received therein when the two parts of the assembly are coupled together as shown in FIG. 6. The male shank 22 has an outside diameter sligh-tly larger than the inside diameter or bore size of the axial bore 16 and preferably has a plurality of generally saw-toothed annular ribs 24 so that the xibs 24 can intrude into the inner peripheral wall defining the bore 16 when assembling the fastener 20 with the button 10 as illustrated in FIG. 6.
For this purpose, both parts 10 and 20 of the assembly are preferably made of a plastic material. Alternatively, the part 10 may be plastic while the part 20 is metallic. Further alternatively, the parts 10 and 20 may be both made of aluminum.
According to an important feature of the invention, the male shank 22 of the fastener 2a is provided with at least one axial slot 25, or preferably diametrically opposed axial slots or recesses 25 as shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, each of which slots 25 extends across the ribs 24 and along a substantial length of the male shank 22. The air entrapped within the bore 16, when the button 10 and the fastener 20 are coupled together, can be released and expelled through the slots 25 in the fastener 20 to the atmosphere.
According to another feature of the in~ention, the fastener 20 is provided at its conical end portion 26 with a plurality of circumferentially spaced grooves 27, some of which are merged with the axial slots 25 as better shown in FIG. 5. These grooves 27 cooperatively with the slots 25 serve to reduce frictional resistance of the fastener shank 22 with respect to the garment fabric F and thus facilitate inser-tion of the shank 22 therethrough.

L18~i~3~i FIG. 7 shows a modification 25_ of the axial slot 25 of the fastener 20. This modified slot 25_ is formed only in and across the rihs 24 and merged with the groove or grooves 27.
¦I FIG. 8 shows another modification which is a meander slot 25b resulting from cutting away a portion of each of the ribs 24 in alternate positions, the slot 25_ being also merged with the groove 27.
. FIG. 9 shows a modification of the female part or button 10 wherein there is provided at least one slot 15a formed in the inner peripheral wall defining the bore 16, which slot 16a has the same function of air expulsion as the slots 25 in the fastener 20.
FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 inclusive illustrate an example of a modification of the button assembly embodying the invenion.
The decorative disc 13a shown in FIG. 10 carries a désign pattern 13a' drawn as a marking to direct the position in which the button 10 is to be mounted. FIGS. 11 and 12, respectively, show the button 10 which has one of its ridges 14 partially cut away as at 2~ to form a marking indicative o~ the position in which the button 1~ is to be mounted with respect to the garment fabric F. I
While many other modifications and changes may be made by ¦
those versed in the art, it should be understood that I wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted hereon, all such embodiments as reasonably and properly come within the scope of my contribution to the art.

Claims (15)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A button comprising: a button part including a base and a female shank extending from said base and having a blind axial bore therein, and a fastener part having a head and a male shank extending from said head, said shank being of the shape generally complementary with the axial bore such as to fill in generally the entire space of said blind axial bore, the shank further being of the size such as to fit forceably into said axial bore in said female shank, one of said female shank and said male shank having means for allowing air to escape from said axial bore when said male shank is forced into said axial bore.
2. A button according to claim 1, said means comprising at least one groove extending axially in said female shank and opening into said axial bore in said female shank.
3. A button according to claim 1, said means comprising at least one slot extending axially in said male shank.
4. A button according to claim 1, said male shank having an enlarged conical end portion.
5. A button according to claim 4, said means comprising at least one groove extending axially in said conical end portion.
6. A button according to claim 4, said means comprising at least one slot extending axially in said male shank, and at least one groove extending axially in said conical end portion, said groove being merged with said slot.
7. A button according to claim 4, said conical end portion having a maximum diameter larger than the inside diameter of said axial bore.
8. A button according to claim 1, said male shank having a plurality of annular locking ribs.
9. A button according to claim 8, said means comprising at least one slot extending axially in said male shank across said ribs.
10. A button according to claim 8, said means comprising at least one axial slot formed only in and across said annular ribs.
11. A button according to claim 10, said axial slot being of a meander form resulting from cutting away a Portion of each of said annular ribs.
12. A button according to claim 8, said annular ribs having an outside diameter larger than the inside diameter of said axial bore.
13. A button according to claim 1, said base having on its underside a plurality of alternate annular ridges and grooves.
14. A button according to claim 1, said female shank having at its peripheral end a plurality of circumferentially spaced pronts.
15. A button according to claim 1, said base being provided with a marking indicative of the position in which said button part is to be assembled.
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